Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Transportation Equipment, Insurance and Shipbuilding sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nisshin Steel Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:5413), which rose 3.07% or 43.0 points to trade at 1444.0 at the close. Central Japan Railway Co. (T:9022) added 2.70% or 525.0 points to end at 20000.0 and Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707) was up 2.54% or 12.0 points to 484.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976), which lost 5.39% or 93.0 points to trade at 1632.0 in late trade. Minebea Mitsumi Inc (T:6479) declined 3.36% or 61.0 points to end at 1757.0 and SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) shed 3.34% or 60.0 points to 1735.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1744 to 1502 and 246 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 2.64% to 14.02.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.44% or 0.23 to $51.99 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.65% or 0.38 to hit $58.05 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.14% or 1.90 to trade at $1309.60 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.04% to 111.68, while EUR/JPY fell 0.35% to 131.90.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 92.66.